The Effect of Science on the Second World War
The latest advances in science were fully exploited in the Second World War. They included radar, sonar, improved radio, methods of reducing disease, primitive computers, the new science of operational research and, finally, the atomic bomb, necessarily d
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The Effect of Science on the Second World War
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The Effect of Science on the Second World War
10.1057/9780230596177preview - The Effect of Science on the Second World War, Guy Hartcup and Bernard Lovell
Also by Guy Hartcup CAMOUFLAGE: A History of Concealment and Deception in War COCKCROFT AND THE ATOM (with T. E. Allibone) CODE NAME MULBERRY: The Planning, Building and Operation of the Normandy Harbours
THE CHALLENGE OF WAR: Scientific and Engineering Contributions to World War 2 THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH IN THE RAF THE SILENT REVOLUTION: Development of Conventional Weapons, 1945–85 THE WAR OF INVENTION: Scientific Developments, 1914–18
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THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE AIRSHIP: A History of the Development of Rigid, Semi-rigid and Non-rigid Airships
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First published in the United States of America 2000 by ST. MARTIN’S PRESS, INC., Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 0–312–22833–3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hartcup, Guy. The effect of science on the second World War / Guy Hartcup. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–312–22833–3 (cloth) 1. World War, 1939–1945—Science. I. Title. D810.S2 H37 2000 940.53—dc21 99–054609 © Guy Hartcup 2000 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recy
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